LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sudan has overhauled a law that led to rape victims being put on trial for adultery, a crime punishable by jail, flogging or even stoning. The change comes a ...

The work on media law reform, in which UNESCO has been participating with the support of the Multi-Donor Programme, has involved studying existing media laws and drafting revised laws to ensure that ...

Journalists attend a briefing on new media laws approved by South Sudan’s president ... He said citizens needed to be inspired to effect change, rather than experiencing a sense of helplessness ...

(New York) - Sudan's parliament should make major changes to a draft press law to ensure that it protects ... including strict media registration rules, vague reporting prohibitions, a National ...

It was last updated on 17 April 2023 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says journalists in Sudan are "working ... local and international media organisations, and punitive laws have been enacted ...

The 2020 cybercrime law amends the 2018 law legislated during Bashir’s rule, but does not change much except an increase ... for urgent reform to the cybercrime law in Sudan: Sudan needs laws that ...

Despite being self-governing since 2005 South Sudan has not passed a media law, leaving many editors ... "Journalists are agents of change. We are instrumental in shaping the views of people ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to ... South Sudan’s controversial security legislation allowing the arrest of people without warrants has become law even though the president has ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese authorities on Wednesday ordered telecoms to block access to social media for at least ... depicted violate our local laws and pose a significant threat ...